Bipartisan Health Care Fix

Two senators announced on Tuesday a tentative, bipartisan deal to stabilize the health insurance markets. Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat Patty Murray have worked out a short-term fix to fund insurance subsidies for low-income Americans for the next two years. President Trump appeared to endorse the deal, even though it would reverse an executive order he signed less than a week ago. Read the story from The Atlantic.

Trump Travel Ban Blocked

Ruling that it “plainly discriminates based on nationality,” a federal judge in Hawaii blocked President Trump’s third attempt at a travel ban on Tuesday, just hours before it was to go into effect. Read the story from The AP.

2017 Man Booker Prize

Acclaimed short story author George Saunders won the prestigious literary award on Tuesday for his first full-length novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. The judging panel described his book — a surreal tale of the afterlife set in a cemetery where Abraham Lincoln mourns his dead son — as “utterly original” and “witty, intelligent, and deeply moving.” Saunders was previously awarded a MacArthur Genius grant in 2006. Read the story from NPR.

ISIS Capital Falls

U.S.-backed forces have taken back control of Raqqa, Syria, the de facto capital of the Islamic State. The fall of ISIS in Raqqa means the group no longer controls significant territory, however, it still poses an insurgent threat in the Middle East, as well as ideological influence globally. Read the story from The AP.

‘S-Town’

Tyler Goodson, who appeared in the popular podcast “S-Town,” pleaded guilty on Monday to burglary, theft, and criminal trespassing charges linked to events featured in the show. Read the story from The AP.